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Title: The Gardener's Atlas: The Origins, Discovery, and Cultivation of the World's Most Popular Garden Plants by Bobby Ward, Jackie Bennett, John Michael Grimshaw ISBN: 1552092267 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.67

Rating: 3
Summary: it could be a great book
Comment: It is a beautiful book with very interesting informations. I liked to know the history of many plants, but the autor doesnt't know almost anything about South American flowers. All the flora of Atlantic forest was forgotten.There is almost nothing about the great family of blomeliads and orchids. It could be a great book. . There is a book written by Loerenzi de Souza who has a great knowledge about brasilian flora, Harri Lorenzi ([email protected]. br) that could help the next edition.

Rating: 4
Summary: A great botanical history
Comment: This is a great botanical history. I was impressed with the little vignettes of the great plant finders, many of whom lost their lives trying to find great new plants. I happened to be reading the book while driving through the Smokey Mountains and seeing the Lobelia cardinalis at the same time I was reading how the Queen of Spain named it because it was such a brilliant red it reminded her of a Cardinal's robe. If you love plants, you will love this book.

The book is orgainized roughly by plant family, which is fine. I was a bit annoyed that there were pictures of period gardens stuck everywhere throughout the book (in the middle of the plant family organization). Rather than being in the middle of the chapters, I think these wonderful pieces could have been between the chapters. Actually I was so interested in what I was reading, I didn't appreciate the also wonderful interuption.

By the way, I passed by a whole hillside of Tradescantia in the Smokey Mountains while reading about the Tradescants (father and son) who brought that great plant to Europe.

The only thing I would caution is that the book is great reading, but for history, not how to grow the plant in your garden, especially if you are in the US, since the author is from England and cultural requirements are not his strong point.

Rating: 4
Summary: Congratulations
Comment: I think this is a very interesting book.